Sparks Creative Stories Podcast - cool stories for creative kids!

Sparks Creative Stories
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Audio adventures to spark your imagination! Joyful stories of creative kids taking action, STEAM education and vocabulary-building wordplay, performed by terrific stage and screen actors with wonderful real human voices. Fun stories of imagination, problem-solving and kindness – and Bilingual English + Spanish stories! Welcoming dyslexic and autistic kids who love stories :) Sensory-friendly illustrated versions of these stories are on YouTube @Sparks Creative Stories. For read-along scripts, email Hello@SparksCreativeStories.com. We take requests! Image - Rainbow Forest by Sheryl L.

  1. Planting Purple Food! Bilingual Colors, Fruit and Veg for Kids

    11/19/2025

    Planting Purple Food! Bilingual Colors, Fruit and Veg for Kids

    A lively Bilingual story teaching children the names of colors in English and in Spanish, illustrated with photos of beautiful fruits and vegetables growing in an organic garden. A Bilingual early learning story for preschoolers and kindergarten students, with each line spoken in both languages, and the names of basic colors displayed on the screen in English and in Spanish. A story to help kids get ready for kindergarten – and inspire healthy eating, arts activities, planting seeds and starting a garden of your own. Welcoming Spanish-speaking and bilingual families, English Language Learners and everybody learning Spanish! Many thanks to @DaystarLife_StPete 's Edible Garden and Food Pantry Farm in St. Petersburg FL! performed by Dora Arreola and Eugenie Bondurant written and produced by Sheila Cowley translated by Dora Arreola illustrated by Robin Clemmons preschool pre-K ready for kindergarten bilingual kids growing up bilingual learn colors learn colors for toddlers learn colors for kids developing creativity in kids STEAM activities for kids gardening for children #prek #kindergartenready #colorsforkids

    6 min
  2. Super Oysters Save the Bay! - STEAM marine science for kids

    07/31/2025

    Super Oysters Save the Bay! - STEAM marine science for kids

    Surprising facts about how oysters build underwater cities, clean our water and help protect our shoreline! You can find an illustrated version of this story on the Sparks Creative Stories YouTube channel. Inspired by the work of marine scientist Olivia Blondheim of the University of South Florida College of Marine Science and creative summer campers at DeSoto Park Recreation Center in Tampa FL. An inclusive audio adventure welcoming dyslexic and autistic kids, and everybody who loves stories about science! written and produced by Sheila Cowley performed by Vickie Daignault and Fanni Green with many thanks to Tampa Parks and Recreation made possible thanks to the City of Tampa Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs Feature image by Jalen #steameducation #scienceisreal #marinescience

    6 min
  3. Well Gee, It's Algae! - marine science STEAM story

    07/24/2025

    Well Gee, It's Algae! - marine science STEAM story

    Astonishing, amazing algae! From microscopic plankton to 200' long seaweed, algae created oxygen on Earth and terraformed our planet by evolving into plants and trees. Everybody eats algae – or eats someone who does. . . A fun story of surprising algae facts and uses, from algae airplane fuel and sneakers to camouflaging tree sloths and keeping baby otters from drifting out to sea. Algae are vital and amazing – and can help fix the climate crisis! You can find an illustrated version of this story with amazing visuals on the Sparks Creative Stories YouTube channel! An inclusive audio adventure welcoming dyslexic and autistic kids, and everybody who loves stories about science! Many thanks to the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, the USF Optical Oceanography Lab, The Oceanography Camp Especially For Girls and Creative Clay St. Pete Feature image – Clown of Essential Forest in Seas by Ashton T. #steameducation #marineeducation #scienceisamazing

    4 min
  4. Alphabet Pals! - ABC story that welcomes struggling readers

    07/16/2025

    Alphabet Pals! - ABC story that welcomes struggling readers

    A girl who's struggling to learn the alphabet visits Paige the Literacy Bus and overcomes her fears as she explores words and letters through play. A celebration of Paige the Literacy Bus, the creative early learning project of Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa Bay and the amazing teacher Tara Tallon-Stone. A celebration of reading, the alphabet and public education – with creative ideas for struggling readers and for kids of all abilities. A story with hope for everyone learning to read, and so many thanks to caring teachers. You can find an illustrated version of this story on the Sparks Creative Stories YouTube channel, with wonderful photos of Paige the Literacy Bus! An inclusive audio adventure welcoming dyslexic and autistic kids, and everybody who loves stories! a Sparks Creative Stories project written and produced by Sheila Cowley performed by Beth Gelman, Bob Devin Jones, Phyllis McEwen and JL Rey directed by David Warner inspired by Tara Tallon-Stone and Paige the Literacy Bus on Instagram @HCPSPaigetheLiteracyBus #earlyliteracy #publiceducation #learningtoread

    14 min
  5. Boing! - a Don't Give Up Story

    07/16/2025

    Boing! - a Don't Give Up Story

    Balls bounce, so why not me? A short celebration of resilience, trying again and not giving up – an empowering reminder for kids trying something new, for when things don't go your way, and for all ages and abilities. For everyone struggling with these troubled times, and life's daily ups and downs. An inclusive audio adventure welcoming dyslexic and autistic kids, and everybody who loves stories! You can find an illustrated version of this story with beautiful paintings by artists with physical and developmental disabilities at Creative Clay St Pete – and this story in Spanish and in ASL! – on the Sparks Creative Stories YouTube channel. Feature image – Untitled, by Stacey B. of Creative Clay #don'tgiveup #keeptrying #resilience

    2 min
  6. Animals and Vehicles! - fun vocabulary and sounds

    07/14/2025

    Animals and Vehicles! - fun vocabulary and sounds

    Are you picturing a chicken in a car? A frog in a firetruck? The vivid voices of film and TV actors Eugenie Bondurant and Mary Rachel Quinn welcome you onto a train with a triceratops, as you wonder if an octopus can use a scooter. Wordplay and a vivid soundscape that invite you to imagine yourself paddling with a kangaroo in a canoe, and floating in a balloon with a baboon. Created by request for Jonas, who loves animals, and vehicles! For fans of pirate ships and spaceships, rockets and recycling trucks – and everyone imagining adventures with your favorite stuffies. Welcoming dyslexic kids who love stories! written and produced by Sheila Cowley performed by Eugenie Bondurant and Mary Rachel Quinn directed by Jim Rayfield chickens by Eugenie Bondurant, Vickie Daignault, Fanni Green, Jan Neuberger, Mary Rachel Quinn and Mimi Rice from Chickens to the Rescue! vocal sound effects, baboons and piracy by Bass, Matt Cowley and Dave Waterman of Offramp Improv Absurdities #wordplay #audiobooksforkids #animalstoriesforkids

    3 min
  7. A Hot and Noisy Afternoon - I'm Not Tired story + All-Vocal SFX

    06/21/2025

    A Hot and Noisy Afternoon - I'm Not Tired story + All-Vocal SFX

    A naptime story for when you're not tired (yet)! Burn off your energy and use your imagination in an immersive soundscape created by the actors' voices – with whale lasers, dolphin rockets and your own homemade flying machine. Then relax knowing the universe is safe, thanks to you. An audio imagination adventure welcoming dyslexic and autistic kids who love stories! written and produced by Sheila Cowley performed by Leah LoSchiavo Doan all sound effects created by the voices of Bass, Matt Cowley and Dave Waterman of Offramp Improv Absurdities Feature image – Mailbox by Ana Maria Vasquez #i'mnottired #naptime #voiceacting

    6 min
  8. Day of Disaster and Doom! How to Feel Safe When It's Scary

    05/28/2025

    Day of Disaster and Doom! How to Feel Safe When It's Scary

    A girl who's always ready for emergencies that never come faces a hurricane – and winds up helping her little brother feel safe as they evacuate (with his annoying pink bear Useless Joe), and when their home is damaged. You can use this story to talk with your children about their fears of big emergencies. With heart and humor, kids can experience her family's real-life experience of having an emergency plan and a Save The Day Kit (Go Bag), evacuating to a shelter and camping out with other families in an elementary school classroom during the storm – then coming home to cope with their damaged home and a week without electricity where they visit the library and a museum. Throughout it all, she takes action and keeps her little brother feeling safe as her family, friends and neighbors all take action and work together before, during and after the storm – in this celebration of community and kindness. Inspired by kind people working hard to help after two catastrophic 2024 hurricanes in Tampa Bay. You can find an illustrated version of this story on the Sparks Creative Stories YouTube channel – and this story in Spanish! An inclusive audio story welcoming dyslexic and autistic kids, and everybody who loves stories :) written and produced by Sheila Cowley performed by Vickie Daignault and Jim Sorenson directed by James Rayfield Feature image by Kirk Ke Wang from his "Foul Play" series of doodles based on hurricane forecast maps – kirkkewang.com with many thanks to The City of St Petersburg FL The City of Tampa FL Creative Clay St Pete Daystar Life Center The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art Kirk Ke Wang Margo Hammond Reach St Pete St Pete Free Clinic   Tampa Parks and Recreation The Woodson African American Museum of Florida You can find this audio story and illustrated video in Spanish on our Sparks Creative Stories YouTube channel – ¡Un Día de Desastre y Fatalidad! Cómo Sentirse Seguro Cuando Da Miedo. #kidsandstorms #resilience #kidpower

    18 min
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Audio adventures to spark your imagination! Joyful stories of creative kids taking action, STEAM education and vocabulary-building wordplay, performed by terrific stage and screen actors with wonderful real human voices. Fun stories of imagination, problem-solving and kindness – and Bilingual English + Spanish stories! Welcoming dyslexic and autistic kids who love stories :) Sensory-friendly illustrated versions of these stories are on YouTube @Sparks Creative Stories. For read-along scripts, email Hello@SparksCreativeStories.com. We take requests! Image - Rainbow Forest by Sheryl L.

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